Amid an era rife with rebellion, the Watts riots were a wake-up call
It was a time in California of turmoil and confusion - of revolution and revulsion. And anger, fueling unprecedented mass violence.
It was a time in California of turmoil and confusion - of revolution and revulsion. And anger, fueling unprecedented mass violence.
Should the current drought extend for another two or three years, most California cities and much of the state's agriculture would be able to manage, but the toll on small rural communities dependent on well-water and on wetlands and wildlife could be extensive.
Jimmy Rollins cracked a smile Wednesday afternoon, even after the Dodgers dropped a 5-2 decision to the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum.
That focus on adding two additional starters to the rotation and the struggling bullpen might have distracted the Dodgers from another growing issue.
USC coaches estimated they'd sign three to five receivers in the 2016 recruiting class.
A retired high-ranking Los Angeles County sheriff's official, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying under oath, is the latest to fall in a jail scandal that has resulted in several convictions for obstructing a federal investigation and using excessive force.
An inmate at a Northern California prison was shot and killed by corrections officers Sunday during a riot involving about 45 inmates, state officials said Wednesday.
To plead or not to plead? After a "mortifying" moment during a preview performance of "Hamlet," Benedict Cumberbatch decided it was time for a direct appeal.
This morning I heard a report on NPR by Adrian Florido examining the current fashion among GOP presidential candidates to use the term "illegal alien" when talking about people from other countries who entered the U.S. without permission.
He was a world-renowned scholar of antiquities, enchanted into his old age by Syria's fabled city of Palmyra, which he called among the most beautiful in the world.
Following the collapse of Corinthian Colleges Inc. this spring, the U.S. Department of Education is crafting new regulations to help students seek debt relief and better hold colleges accountable for wrongdoing.
Former CNN host Campbell Brown wants to make education a key issue of the 2016 presidential election.
Farmland near Corcoran in the southern San Joaquin Valley sank 13 inches in just eight months last year. To the north, near El Nido, the land surface dropped about 10 inches.
Los Angeles officials are demanding that a company leasing part of a Sunset Boulevard apartment building stop using it as a hotel, the latest dispute to roil the controversial Hollywood high-rise.
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey notified county supervisors last week that their vote on a controversial downtown jail plan violated the state's open meetings law, the latest in a string of incidents in which the board has run afoul of the Ralph M. Brown Act.
After earlier this summer saying he was headed to Santa Ana Mater Dei, Vance Jackson said Wednesday he would be attending Prolific Prep, a basketball academy in Northern California.
Southern California is well represented on the 20-man roster announced for the USA 18U baseball team.
Gov. Jerry Brown bobbed and weaved through a news conference about transportation needs on Wednesday, declining to say where he thinks the state should find billions of dollars to repair California's roads.